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Yet again, Brumby fails to put his best foot forward

| Mike Nahan
The Age 31st May, 2006

The 2006-07 state budget is a typical John Brumby budget. It is best described as a budget that lives well within very ample financial means. It...

Bureaucrat boom time

| Mike Nahan
The Herald Sun 20th May, 2006

It has been a great decade so far for bureaucrats. Governments of all levels have increased their bureaucrat workforce by over 90,000 positions or...

Market has to set wages

| John Roskam
Australian Financial Review 19th May, 2006

Botswana, according to a survey released this week, is the only country with a skills shortage worse than Australia's. For those who believe that...

Government misses tax reform boat

| Alan Moran
The Age 11th May, 2006

Australia has not taken advantage of buoyant conditions to reduce tax, writes Alan Moran. THE high-level budget debate has predominantly...

Curse of bountiful resources

| John Roskam
Australian Financial Review 5th May, 2006

History shows that boom times contain the germ of their own downfall, writes John Roskam. It's possible to have too much of a good thing....

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